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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-30
GOVERNOR HILLS DANGER.
District Attorney Ridgeway Must Be Re-
moved, or the Governor Will Be lmpeached.

Special to the indianapolis journal.
NEW YORK, March 29.--The Mail and Express,
the leading Republican evening paper Of the
city. prints long article claiming to give the
true inwardness of the Brooklyn investigation
which has been going on for some time Under
the caption Governor Hill in Peril" it says:
''The special legislative committee investigat-
ing the corruption in the various public depart
ments in Kings county has determined that Dis
trict Attorney Ridgeway ought to be removed
from Office. The committee considers that
Ridgeway's own testimony shows that be will
fully violated the law in order to retain the
friendship of New York and Kings county gam
blers, and that the additional testimony bearing
on Ridgeway's case is sufficient to render him
liable to successful prosecution. Ridgeway was
a prime factor in Hills canvass during the CUB
ernatorial campaign. All the facts in Ridge
ways case will be put in form at once
for the information Of the Legislature and the
Governor. A majority. if not all. of the COM
mttee is determined that Hill shall at once de-
cIdo upon Ridgway's case, and, upon the facts
presented. remove him from Office. If Governor
Hill does not do so articles of impeachment will
be drawn up and the Governor will have 20 an
swer before the Senate This has actually been
determined upon not only by majority of the
committee. but by q majority Of the members
of the State Senate. Hill will have to decide at
once between the safety Of his official head and
his regard for the eight votes Of Kings county in
the next national convention. Judge Green,
one of the ablest Democrats i'll the Legislature,
is said to have already communicated this to
the ChemuDg statesman. Hill will probably de-
cde in favor OF his own head. The Kiugs
county delegation is doubtful, anyway. Hugh
Mclaughlin. the boss of the Brooklyn Demo-
Gratis. is sphinx Cleveland has given him his
man for internalrevenue collector. He has
given him his man for United States district
attorney. He has given him his man for inspect
or of federal buildings. He has given him
patronage in the navy-yard: and may round up
the record by giving him his man for United
States marshal Looking at these events. Hill
may make up his mind to place Ridgeways g head
on the political chopper. One thing the com
mittee has decided upOn for certainty, and that
is that Ridgeway or Hill will have to CO."
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Cable Notes.

Queen Victoria LETT London, yesterday morn
ing, for Cannes
The Duchess of Cumberland is progressing fa-
vorably. and her reason is returning.
Baron Herschell has been appointed chairman
OF the English currency commission
Tennyson's jubilee ode is a subject of general
ridicule It is regarded as bad imitation of
Walt Whitman. Even the conservative London
Globe gives sneerine parody of it.
The members of the extreme Left in the ltal-
ian Chamber OF Deputies have passed resolu-
tions severely censuring the government for
entering into an alliance with Austria and Ger
many, because both powers are friendly to the
Vatican.
Mrs. James Brown Potter who made her
debut at the Hay ymarket Theater, London, last
evening, was very favorably received by brill
liant audience. The Prince of Wales expressed
himself as very much pleased with her perform
unce and predicted for her successful theatri-
cal career.
1t is stated that all OF the Nihiiists arrested
for completely in the recent unsuccessful plot on
the Cars life, when taken into custody, wore
small bottles of poison on their bosoms and
that secret agents had been depu.ed to smash
these bottles in the event of the assassin retreat
ing from his task at the last moment.
Monsgnor Galem berti, the special paral dele
gate to Berlin, has failed to secure any satsfac-
tory results in his Negotiations with the Center,
or Catholic. party or Germany. In consequence
of the adoption by the Landtag of Bishop
kopp's amendment to the ecclesiastical law tho
Vatican has decided to leave the Center party
full liberty of action In German political affairs,
retaining also, the same freedom for itself
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-30
SAVING A LIFE.
A Parrot Rescues Kitten from Watcry
Grave and Then Saves Itself.

NEW YORK, March 29.-John Gaffney, for
ten years collector of revenue for Hudson
City, owns a parrot and kitten, neither of
which can to-day be bought for money. The
other morning the kitten emerged from the
kitchen of Mr.. Gaffney's place of business. at
the corner of Montgomery street and Westside
avenue, and at once started a game of "tag'
with the parrot, which was on the top of his
cage. The parrot promptly responded. and for a
few minutes fur and feathers flow about in a
lively way. A heavy left-hander from the kit
ten, however, was suddenly missed, as was the
counter from the parrot. and the pair dropped
into tub filled with water. Animal and bird
disappeared beneath the surface and as promptly
showed up.
But the kitten appeared to have lost all con-
troll of itself. whereas the parrot kept its self
possession. Catching the tub with one of its
powerful claws. the parrot reached over and Sc
cured the kitten by the nape Of the neck with its
oeak and dropped it to the Aoor. Then, reach
ing down as far as possible, the parrot secured
hold on the outside Of the tub and gradually
lowered himself. The rescue was by num-
Der Of friends visiting the house, but when one
gentleman offered to pay Mr. Gaffney reason
able price for bird and kitten the owner declined
to sell at any price.
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ANOTHER BIG RAILWAY LAWSUIT.
A Complaint Charging Conspiracy and Di-
version of $2,5OO, 600 in Mortgage Bonds.

NEW YoEK, March 29-The complaint in the
suit of Messrs. Richard A. Roberts, William A.
Jones. Edward B. Mccoy and James A. Dair
against the New York s. New England railroad
the Boston. Hartford & Erie railroad, Wm r.
Hart and Charles p Clark, now pending in the
Kings County Supreme Court was fled to-day
It SHOWS that the plaintiffs. and others for whom
they act, are the holders of 10, 800 shares in the
capital stock of the Boston, Hartford & Erie
Company. The suit refers to that part of the
Boston, Hartford & Erie road lying between
Eishkill, N. Y, and the Connecticut State
boundary. The complaint cites the history Of
Ibis road from it's foundation. in 1864;
charges that George Ellis, Frederick A.
Lane (who was president of the road)
and John s. Eldridee, who was
a trustee of the mortgage on the road, conspired
TO get possession of it, and they to this end Sc
cured the appointments of defendants Clark and
Hart as trustees of the mortgages; that Clark and
Hart. without notice took possession Of the
road and organized themselves into an illegal
BODY known as the New York e New England
Railroad Company 1t is claimed that there are
s2. SOC. 900 worth of mortgage bonds which have
never been accounted for by the trustees; also.
that John S. Edridge placed $40 of the mort
gage bonds with clerk Of his, named Eayers,
,ualleging that they had been pledged for 80 per
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An Old Crime Recalled,

New York, March 29.-Lawyer J. B. Hartz
applied in the General Sessions Court. to day,
for the entering of nolle prosequi on the indict
ment against msn named VIM Kissans, dated
November, 1854, but which was allowed 20 be
pieeon-holed by District Attorney Oakley Hall,
The Indictment was for uttering forged check
to two years and six months Imprisonment on
another charge, but was pardoned after niue
months, went out to San Francisco and is now
leading citizen there, reputed to be very wealthy
General Francis Dorr, of that city, writes to Dis
trict Attorney MARITIME protesting against the
quashine OF the indictment, declaring that
Kissane is murderer. and that he has cruelty
wronged the family of the writer, who had been
looking for HIM for thirty years He also says
Francisco, and that his brother is also leading
lawyer in California, under assumed name.
Recorder Smythe adjourned the hearing of the
sentative of the bank on which the forgery was
committed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-30
FRENCH GROWN DIAMONDS.

NJ. Benjamin Raspail Prevented from Obtain
ing His Revenge.
London Telegraph.
The sale of the French crown diamonds, other
than the Regent" and those which are to be kept
as historical curiosites, will take place in May.
They will be displayed before the public in the
Pavilion de Flore, which it is intended to orna-
ment during the sale with Gobelus tapestry and
furniture from the National Garde- Meuble, IN
which what the Republicans call the glittering
bAubles Of royal and imperial tyranny are pre-
served The diamonds for sale comprise more
than sixty thousand brilliants, pearls, rubies,
opalS, amethysts and turquOises. Many OF them
have already been taken out of their settings
notably those which decorated the crown Of EN-
peror Napoleon III. and magnificent berthe
riviere which the Empress Eugene had specially
made for herself from original she had seen
ghttering on the neck of an actress in a fairy
extravaganza 1t appears that NJ. Benjamin
Raspai, the we'll known Deputy for the Seine,
who was prescribed with his father after having
voted with the Mountain party in 1649 and ban
lshed to Belgium after the coup detat, wanted to
smash up the imperial crown with his own hands.
The deputy. who has a wooden leg, had a fall
which necessitated complete rest and the crown,
which is now a shapeless mass of gold, had to be
broken without his help. The hammer, how
ever, with which the work of destruction was
accomplished. has been sent souvenir to NJ.
Raspall.
been set aside for sale were lately subjected to a
rather expensive process for the purpose of get
ting the precious ornaments out of them. The
silver has been melted off by means of azotic
acid and is now useless for commercial purposes.
The reason assigned for this wholesale thOd of
dealing with the decorations is that it would have
taken long time to separate the ornaments
from the silver IN the ordinary manner.
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cent of their value, and that in fact Eldridge
appropriated the same to his own use, together
with 68. .594 shares OF the capital stock, which,
it was alleged, were pledged in the same
wav. Further, it is alleged that the
State of Massachusetts accepted as a part of Sc
curity for the loan of So 600 600 of scrip. large
amount of the roads bonds which We're already
appropriated to the payment of underlying liens
on the road, dverting such bonds from their
proper purpose. They ask the court to declare
the property of the Boston. Hartford & Erie
road in this State redeemable by the stockhold-
ers. They also ask that Hart and Clark shall be
called to account for their management of the
road as trustees, and for all moneys received by
them, and shall be directed to make restitution;
that the New York s. New England company
shall be required to render an account of the
profits of the road. and that. pendente lite a re-
ceiver shall be appointed of all property of the
road lying within this State.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-30
The Dwight Insurance Case Ended.

NEW YORK. March 29.--The World to-morrow
will say: "The interminable Dwight insurance
litigation is at an end A compromise has been
effected between the insurance comAaries bold
ing policies Dwights life and the Beneficiarles
by which claims amounting to sos, 900 have
been satisfied on the payment by the companies
of $4,000 The policies have been sur
rendered to the companies and have
been Cancelled by them. The Dwight
in insurance history, both account OF the
large amount of insurance written on his life by
the foremost insurance companies in the country
well account of the long litigation that
followed his death over the payment of the poll
cies. Walton Dwight died at Binghamton. n
Y. Nov 15 1873 Policies on his life of from
900 to $50, 600 each had been secured from
all of the prominent companies, in all amount
ing to $3.50 000n
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Parnen and Fitz.erald.

LINCOLN, Neb, March 29-The following
cablegran was received by Hon. John Fitzgerald
to-day:
'LoNDoN, March %, 1887.
ITO Hon. John Fitzgerald lincoln. Neb.:
''The coercion bill proposed tonight in the
House of Commons is the eighty seventh since
the act OF union, eightv-seven years ago. Ii
also is the most stringent, tyrannical and un-
called for by the state of affairs in Ireland
Never before has coercion bill been proposed
when crime was so rapidly decreasing com
pared with previous years. The measure is
aimed against all open agitation, and appears
to be expressly designed for driving discomfort
beneath the surface. It places all public speak
ers. writer's and conductors of newspapers alb
solutely at the mercy of stipendiary maeis-
trates holding their Office at the pleasure of the
crown. 1t condemns the Irish speaking peas
ant Of raek-rented Kerry to the tender mercies
of a packed jury Of hangmen or landlords,
or or, to a jury Of Enslishmen at the
party, headed by Gladstone, stands as
man against this iniqutous measure,
and will fight shoulder to shoulder With us In
opposition to the last 1t seems impossible to
believe that even the present House of Commons
will continue to follow the Tory government in
their mad course, and good judges consider the
measure will break and ruin the Cabinet We
must however. prepare for the worst, and
confidently appeal to the American people for
that sympathy and support which they have
never withheld from people struggling for lib
erty. PARNELLn
The subjoined reply was sent:
LINCOLN, Neb., March %. 1887
ITO Hon. Charess. Parnell, NJ P. House Of COM
mons, London:
The League will redouble its efforts Ireland
is sure of American sympathy and support in
the coming crisis. The Nebraska Legislature,
to-day. by a unanimous vote, passed resolutions
of sympathy with Ireland and condemning the
Tory policy of coercion. This and similar mani
festations throughout this free country give the
lie to the ISLANDERS of the English press that
true Americans do not sympathize with Ireland.
This great ibcrty-loving people of the United
States are entirely in sympathy with Ireland's
struggle for home rule
John FITzGERALD, President
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-30
SHERIDAN AND ENDICorT.

The Latter Peaches the Formers Domain
Interesting Correspondence Expected.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The special CORE
spondent of the Baltimore Sun to-day thus com.
ments on the revocation by Secretary Endicott
Sheridan:
"The changes necessitated by the recent order
of the Secretary of War limiting the tour OF
duty of regimental adjutants and quartermas-
tiers to four years. will probably occasion some
correspondence between Secretary Endicott and
Lieutenant. general Sheridan that will rival in
piquancy the letters which passed between them
earlier in the administration. General Sheridan
has always hold that matters relating to the as.
signment of officers should be entirely in the
hands of the commanding general of the army.
Several coonels wrote to General Sheridan,
when it became necessary to change thetY
adiutants and quartermasters, to obtain his
authority to assign heutenants doing tour
of light battery duty to reeimental staff posi-
tions. General Sheridan reserved his decision,
but advised the colonies to send in any recon-
mendations they might think best in connection
with the appointments. The recommendations
arrived, and the Lieutenant general appointed
several adjutauts aud quartermasters who were
at that time on light battery duty. This was
done while Secretary Endicott was absent from
the city. When he returned, General Sheridan
was in the West, and without any hesitation he
revoked the appointments OF the light battery
lieutenants General Sheridan will return to
this city some time this week and it Is expected
that he will resent the Secretary's interference
in matter that he considers within his exclu-
sive jurisdiction. Correspondence on the sub.
ject will naturally become part CT the depart
ment records, whether it be acrimonious OF
merely remocstrative in character. but it Is
doubtful whether it will slip into public print,
as the letter from the Secretary to General
Sheridan censuring him for assumption of au-
tnOrltY did, q year ago."
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Exciting Scenes in Dublin.

DUBLIN, March 29.-Father Ryan of the Her
bertstown branch of the National League pre-
sented himself to-day before Justice Boyd, of
the Bankruptcy Court He persisted in his re-
fusal to tell the court what he knew about the
doings of the tenants in his parish respecting
the trusting of their rents under the ''Plan of
Campaign" and was condemned to prison.
When Father Ryan emerged from the court, a
prisoner. he was met by multitude of citizens.
They numbered many thousands, and they
cheered the priest with enthusiastic and pro-
longed applause, and then followed him in pro-
cession to the Jail, making his tour triumphal
one. A nunbss>ef-prominen men took part ia
this procession, and among the more conspicu-
ous were LORD Mayor Sullivan and Archbishop
Croke.
Father Slattery was also summoned by Judge
Boyd to give similar information to that de-
manded Of Father Ryan. He likewise refused,
and was also ordered to prison. Both priests
were removed to Jail in q cab. The people
hooted and jeered the police in attendance on
the cab, and for while refused to permit it to
proceed A disturbance ensued and the police,
who were mounted, rode with drawn swords
upon the crowd and cleared lane for the cab
Mr.. OBrien. editor of United Ireland also fol-
lowed the prisoners to the Jail. He, with the
Lord Mayor and Archbishop Croke, rode in the
Lord Mayors carriage. The mob threatened
the police along the whole route, and the scene
at times was very exciting.
William Brien, editor Of United Ireland, in
speech tonight, said that if the evictions on
Lord Lansdowne's estates did not cease, he and
Mr. kilbrlde. who was the principal tenant on
his Lordship's Luegacurran estate. and who was
! recently evicted would visit Canada and begin
an agitation with a view to having Lord Laus-
downe ousted from the palace at Ottawa
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-30
FOR A SECOND TERM.
Mr.. Cleveland Quite Anxious to Succeed Him.
self Despite His Letter.


Mr.. Cleveland Quite Anxious to Succeed Him.
self Despite His Letter.
Washington Special.
Considerable comment is made upon the an
nouncement, in the Albany Argus. in which
Colonel Lamont is financially interested. and on
which he was for long time employed in re-
portorial and editorial capacity, that ''since the
adjournment of Cepgress quiet movement has
been ipaueurated in Washington looking toward
thorough organization of the political forces
within the Democratic party on the basis Of the
Presidents policy of progressive administration.
and reform" The question here has been. who
beads this movement by whom was it '.inaug-
uratedP and what is meant by progressive ad-
ministration and reform?' and finally, wasn't
1.-The quiet movement "inaugurated" about
three weeks ago, when the Presidents astute
private secretary took trip to New York osten-.
sibly for the purpose of visiting an aged and
very sick pareni
There is no doubt in the minds of q majority
of congressman who have visited the President
lately that he desires denomination. II had
little talk with him." said Virginia Congress-
man, who is here asking for General Terry's ap-
pointmens to be United States Marshal of the
Western district of Virginia, 'and put in a few
words about General Terrys political influence
and activity in the State. saw he liked to hear
it. and then said ne would be Of great aid to
us in carrying the State of Virginia for him
(Clevelandi next year He smiled as graciously
at the suggestion as ever old maid did when
told she was still attractive. and. If anything,
too young to marry yet"
prominent Buffalo man has been here nearly
all week He is an especial friend OF the brother
Of one of the Presidents hrothers-n-law. He
says of tho Presidents relations states that
he will be candidate for re- election; that he he-
lieves he has done good deal Tor the Democratic
pArty-.to use the exact words Of ore Of his neal
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The Saloons Must Be Closed.
o1 Fnas .o

COUNCIL BLUFFS Ia., March 90 Judge Thor
nell, Of the District Court, to-day dissolved the
counter-injunction filed by Judge Aylesworth, of
the Supreme Court, restraining the clerk from
closing up twenty-four of the leading saloons of
the city. Judge Thornell ruled that Judge
Aylesworth's injunction could not hold, and that
the writs must be issued. The attorneys FOR the
saloon men will appeal to the Supreme Court.
There are about thirty five secondclass saloons
in the city that will have to follow the twenty
four condemned ones.